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The failure of “soft” affirmative action

March 22, 2021

Why didn’t the NFL’s Rooney Rule lead to more minority head coaches being hired?

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Bringing financial markets together

March 12, 2021

Securities are typically traded separately from one another. Would it be better to combine those transactions?

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Flexible decision-making and short-term forecasts

March 8, 2021

How valuable are long-run predictions?

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The unemployment insurance tax hangover

February 26, 2021

A tax spike on companies after layoffs is discouraging them from rehiring when business turns around.

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Beyond the lab

February 22, 2021

Do experiments with student participants produce valid measures of behavior within the general population?

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How IVF changed Israel’s marriage market

February 12, 2021

Extending their “biological clocks” led young Jewish-Israeli women to delay tying the knot and invest in themselves.

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Blossoming borders

February 8, 2021

Indonesia's efforts to redraw political boundaries shed light on factors affecting ethnic polarization.

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Mobilizing the masses to murder

January 29, 2021

How did political elites in Rwanda get civilians to participate in genocide?

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Danger lurks below

January 25, 2021

How much do leaky underground petroleum tanks harm our health and what should policymakers do about it?

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Mobile money and migration

January 15, 2021

An experiment in Bangladesh showed that its new urban workers can use mobile banking to help support their families in the countryside.